ImportError: The _imagingft C module is not installed

[alexkos]

I got it on Mac OS 10.10.1

File "./manage.py", line 10, in
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 399, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 392, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 242, in run_from_argv
self.execute(_args, *_options.dict)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 285, in execute
output = self.handle(_args, *_options)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/transaction.py", line 339, in inner
return func(_args, *_kwargs)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/autofixture/management/commands/loadtestdata.py", line 227, in handle
autofixture.create(model, count, *_kwargs)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/autofixture/init.py", line 131, in create
return autofixture.create(count, *_create_kwargs)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/autofixture/base.py", line 535, in create
instance = self.create_one(commit=commit, **kwargs)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/autofixture/base.py", line 482, in create_one
self.process_field(instance, field)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/autofixture/base.py", line 381, in process_field
value = self.get_value(field)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/autofixture/base.py", line 377, in get_value
value = generator()
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/autofixture/generators.py", line 70, in call
return self.get_value()
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/autofixture/generators.py", line 66, in get_value
value = self.generate()
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/autofixture/generators.py", line 639, in generate
ContentFile(get_placeholder_image(width, height))
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/autofixture/placeholder.py", line 22, in get_placeholder_image
font = ImageFont.truetype(font, size=fontsize, encoding=encoding)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 218, in truetype
return FreeTypeFont(filename, size, index, encoding)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 134, in init
self.font = core.getfont(file, size, index, encoding)
File "lib/python2.7/site-packages/PIL/ImageFont.py", line 34, in getattr
raise ImportError("The _imagingft C module is not installed")
ImportError: The _imagingft C module is not installed

[gregmuellegger]

Hi, this more seems like an issue related to your PIL/Pillow installation. Where you able to resolve it yet?

[rodnandes]

Similar problem here with my ubuntu machine. Solved with this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24256713/django-1-6-the-imagingft-c-module-is-not-installed
You may try to install the libs in your system and reinstall PIL/Pillow to enable support for what you want. =)

[gregmuellegger]

@rofrnnds thanks for clarifying this. I will close the ticket as this seems to be not a problem with django-autofixture but with the Pillow installation.